I'm so upset with Top Chef ***spoilers***

[LynneSin]

Why did they have to send CJ home? He was one of my favorites - send Sara home, she's not producing anything worth eating.

I think my money is on Casey to win it all. She's kicking ass in the challenges

[PeaceNikki]

1. I feel the same way. First Tre and NOW CJ??!

It won't be the same without the freakishly tall one. :cry:

[philosophie_en_rose]

2. Ugh. They picked Ilan over Sam last year.

So my money is on Sara M.

[displacedtexan]

3. Hung is the production's monkey & he'll stay in til the top 3 at least

I'm glad I tivoed it last night. Padma (aka The Valium Queen) puts me to sleep.

Also, did you read Bourdain's blog post on last night's episode?

CJ just had some really bad luck with bad airline food and equipment. Too bad.

[underpants]

4. It appears so with Hung.

His personality appears to be tailor made for reality TV (read: a-hole)

[underpants]

5. Got a link to Bourdain's blog?

:shrug:

[displacedtexan]

7. Here you go...

LINK

Be sure to click "read more..."

Enjoy!

[underpants]

10. Funny

Holy crap! Who was that vicious bastard on the judges' panel last night? That angry, mean-spirited snake in the grass...that chained Rottweiler in an ill-fitting jacket, leaning forward on his elbows ready to lunge?

Oh, right. That was me.

So far this year, I've had the dubious honor of helping to boot off the show an extremely likeable, open-hearted orphan with a lilting Southern accent, and now, last night, I got to be part of the hunting party who smashed the hopes and dreams of a cancer survivor. Short of biting the heads off kittens while dressed up as a storm trooper, I don't think I could look any less sympathetic.

[LynneSin]

11. I like his description of Sara's dish....

If you've ever been on an ouzo bender and woken up the next day with your head in a bidet, burping up licorice? That was pretty much my in-flight meal on Air Sara.

[LynneSin]

6. I just thought they were equally negative towards both CJ and Sara's dishes

but Sara has been more middle of the road than CJ so I was hoping that might save him.

[displacedtexan]

8. I have to admit that I think they kept Sara because of the male/female numbers.

Top Chef producers have probably figured out that more women watch than men; ergo, keep Sara
and dump CJ (they'd both be axed eventually anyway).

Just my theory. Based on absolutely no facts, whatsoever.

I could be wrong.

[Suich]

9. They REALLY didn't like that broccolini!

Worst dish ever...???????????

[davsand]

12. Tastes like something they found in Bob Marley's closet.

I just about died laughing when THAT come out...


I dunno, I think it will come down to Hung and Casey in the finals. Brian is NOT long for that show given how much they have disliked some of his stuff, and Sara has been hanging on with some of her stuff (they loved that stupid Tomato Bread pudding thing she did for the buffet--and that just sounded AWFUL to me...) I was not too upset that CJ left. There has been a lot of his stuff that they have not been thrilled with and I kind of figured he'd be gone someplace before the final three.




Laura

[Eurobabe]

13. Just watched it, totally agree. Sara SUCKS, CJ was top chef material

she is NOT. And Brian keeps cooking only seafood.

Bummer

[LynneSin]

14. Yeah but he did a great job with Spam

:eyes:

[Ekirh]

15. DON'T KNOCK THE SPAMMMMM!!!!

Sorry, I still mark for teh Spamliciousness of his quickfire victory!!!

Um eerr "Ahem"

Don't worry . . I honestly think the end is on the horizon for Brian . . . . . he's a bleeding guppie surrounded by sharks.

[LynneSin]

16. Yeah but he's the only cutie left with those gorgeous blue eyes

:cry:

[HamdenRice]

43. Sara doesn't suck; watch the editing

One of the few flaws of the show is the somewhat deceptive editing. If a chef's story isn't interesting that week, you barely see that person on camera. For example, Camille, who was booted off early, is an extremely well respected chef and restaurant owner in Brooklyn; but we barely ever even saw anything she cooked until she made a bad, cornmeal based upside down cake. (We did see a lot of her in her bikini in the hottub.) I mean, I watched the re-runs and you actually barely see a single thing she cooked. I can't believe that her entire record is reduceable to a muffin.

There were episodes in which Sara did well, but appears to have been pretty much edited out. For example in the Latin lunch episode, everyone was raving about her chile relleno, but the editing played it down.

Remember, the shows are not broadcast until the entire contest are over, so the editors manipulate your perceptions for the purpose of suspense and surprise. I think the editors are playing up a "come from behind" story for both Sara and Casey. After Sara's take charge win in the second restaurant wars episode, I suspect she is going to be a strong finisher, and perhaps one of the last chefs standing.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. sigh...

I loved that one-balled giant.

[LynneSin]

19. You and me both

I love my men supersized

[MonkeyFunk]

20. true fact...

I once dated a really tall guy with a neuticle. He dared me to find out which one it was. I grabbed one and gently squeezed and squeezed and he didn't react, so I knew I'd found the falsicle.

[SteppingRazor]

18. Sara has sucked overall, but CJ deserved to get shipped last night.

Even just watching from home, that broccolini looked like something my cat choked up.

[Eurobabe]

21. oh for god sakes it wasn't that bad!! It was that whiney judge

Anthony somebody who went on a rage about CJ's frakin' side dish. Sara has been a poor competitor all through season 3, if she wins this series, I will stop watching.

CJ and Dale were voted most likely to win on the BravoTV website (I really need a life!)

Now I guess I think it's between Casey and Dale.

[SteppingRazor]

22. Whoa! Don't take it so seriously!

It's just a TV show. :P

Anyway, that somebody was Anthony Bourdain. His opinion isn't exactly chopped liver. And everybody agreed with him -- Tom said it was the worst dish in three years of doing the show! I mean, once a judge says that, what else is there to say?

And I really disagree that it didn't look that bad. It looked that bad and worse.

I completely, totally agree with you about Sara. Her and Brian are both dead weight at this point -- the winner's either Dale, Casey or Hung.

[Ekirh]

23. I highly doubt that was the worse dish..

in the three years... with that being said.. it just LOOKED bad

and yah it wasn't just Bourdain (who brought the snark) who hated it.

Brian I think is next to go (opinion) and then Sarah will be coming right along.

[SteppingRazor]

24. Well, obviously, none of us can comment intelligently on how the dish tasted.

Like it or not, you gotta rely on the judges for that.

[Ekirh]

26. I'm just going by trying to imagine my reaction . .

to the dishes.. and there was a dish on season two (Which for the helluva me I can't remember it's name.. it was doing the restaurant episode) that still takes the cake for me.

Still regardless, they all seem to agree C.J's was bad enough to get him eliminated.

[Eurobabe]

37. I think Sara is next

then Brian, and then Hung. Dale and Casey in the finals. JMHO.

[SteppingRazor]

39. I'm betting Hung and Casey in the finals ...

they'll keep Hung around simply because no one likes him, the same way they did Marcel last season. They gotta have a villain.

[Eurobabe]

40. perhaps, Season 1 pitted Tiff & Harold

[Eurobabe]

27. Not Hung. No way.

It might just end up being Casey.

[SteppingRazor]

Why not Hung?

His dishes have been relatively solid. :shrug:

[Eurobabe]

29. Because he's a freak in the kitchen

)running with knives ring a bell?) and I don't think he is as professional as some of the others. I just don't think he is a team player like. lets say Harold was...

[SteppingRazor]

30. So, he shouldn't be Top Chef because you don't like him?

I mean, I'm not a big fan either, but it's a cooking competition, after all, and he's done some good cooking.

[Eurobabe]

32. Check out the Bravo Top Chef website

he's not one of the top favorites of anyone. And I think YOU need to not take this so seriously, it's a freaking cooking show. Chill.

Who cares what I think? :shrug:

[SteppingRazor]

34. I care 'cause you're wrong! Wrong, I tell you!!!!

Point taken. :hi:


Anyway, I only ask because, whenever I get involved in these Top Chef threads, I always read that same thing: Hung can't win, no way he'll win, etc. And when I ask why, I always get answers that have nothing to do with cooking. I appreciate that the poll on the site says that Hung can't win either, but again, I think that's more a popularity poll than anything else. And who's popular simply doesn't matter on this show.

[Eurobabe]

36. Of COURSE its a damn

popularity contest! And I wonder if the judges eliminated CJ because we all VOTED for him??

Jssus, I can't wait until America's Next Top Model returns on Sept. 28th?! :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

38. On that note, we will have to disagree.

I avoid Tyra Banks' "who gets to join my sorority" show like the plague, though I am sometimes forced to watch it because my fiancee loves it.

And, is it just me, or have Tyra, Jay and Miss J gotten progressively more bizarre with each and every cycle?

[Eurobabe]

41. That's the fun of it. It's pure TRASH.

When you want something mindless....

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Um, Anthony Somebody?

:eyes: That's Mr Bourdain, to you...

[Eurobabe]

28. He was a fucking guest judge

big whoop. He's a whiner.

[bicentennial_baby]

31. He's often a guest judge...And he's a permanent Top Chef blogger

for Bravo. And the Executive Chef of Les Halles in NYC. And the author of numerous books on the cooking world, including Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour, and The Nasty Bits. Oh, and he's also the star of No Reservations on the Travel Channel, where he travels the world trying eclectic local cuisines.

[Ekirh]

33. No reservations rocks by the way . .

When I actually watch it that is. .

He definitely puts his lips on a few things I'll never get near heh.

[Eurobabe]

35. Whatever

I still think he's a whiney asshole, as is Padma Lakshmi.

I watch it for the potential chefs, not the bloviating judges.

[displacedtexan]

42. I think Padma was higher than a kite during that breakfast challenge.

I watched it twice just to make sure I wasn't just imagining it.

She really looked stoned.

[HamdenRice]

44. She's apparently a monster pot head

The gossip was in the second season (her first), she was lighting up splifs, and when she opened her dressing room door a cloud would pour out. That's probably why she had that strangely glassy eyed, slack jawed delivery in that season.

When the current season began I thought, gee, they're making Padma hold off on the ganja until after the episode is shot. But after last night I think she's just using visine and using her acting skills to appear not stoned.

To eat that much quickfire breakfast all by herself, I'm sure she did some munchie inducing puffing. Maybe that's why she enjoyed steak and eggs for the first time in her life!

:rofl: :rofl:

[deucemagnet]

45. LOL! Good observation!

The winner will be the chef who makes nachos for Padma. "Dude...these nachos...dude."

[Shakespeare]

46. "Whiny" is probably the last adjective I'd use to describe Bourdain.

"Asshole"--sometimes. "In your face"--always.

He's also articulate, observant, tough, fair, and extremely knowledgeable. Hint: there's a reason they've had him as a judge multiple times and brought him on as a perma-blogger.

But don't let reality get in the way of your name-calling. :eyes:

[Eurobabe]

47. Oh for chrissakes, what is wrong with some of you on here?

Like Anthony (pardon me while I bow) Bourdain is some kind of demi-GOD or something? Jesus Christ. I have seen an increased ramping up of intolerance for other people's OPINIONS. It's my opinion and I am entitled to it. If you don't like it, then ignore what I say. I am free to ignore your opinions as well.

Why does every thread have to turn into a war? Especially in the Lounge where one goes to catch a breath from GD: Politics.

I repeat. WHATEVER.

:shrug:

[Shakespeare]

49. I disagree with you, therefore there must be something wrong with me.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine. And I'm just as entitled to STATE my opinion as you are--where do you get off thinking that if I disagree with you, I have to keep my mouth shut? That's what makes this a discussion board.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

51. I'm done with this discussion

Read my message. No one ever said you weren't entitled to your opinion, as am I. I don't give a shit if you agree with me or not. I find your posts very condescending.

You have quite an attitude. Don't let LA go to your brain.

Hide thread.

[Shakespeare]

52. I don't hide threads. I don't put people on ignore.

I engage in discussion, 'cause that's why we're here. And my attitude is just fine, thanks.

[Eurobabe]

53. ....

:boring:

I guess you are superior then. :sarcasm:

Bye :hi:

[fishwax]

50. well, collichio said it was the worst dish in Top Chef history

worse than any dish in all three seasons of top chef, so it wasn't just Bourdain.

Brian and CJ have both been skating on pretty thin ice the last few weeks, and either one could have gotten the axe this week ...

[pinniped]

48. Dale is a pig.

He was saying shit about Hung for not helping CJ. It was not letting another chef take the fall or something like that.

Idiot Dale came up with that brilliant dessert crap and nearly got the whole team eliminated. He should have stepped up to the plate and offered to eliminate himself.

I think Hung and his monkey will take the prize. From the start, I thought it was going to be him or Tre.

Cj was cool, and will be remembered for his sooooooooooooo green, soooooooooo green, tuna casserole.

[Tektonik]

54. Who woulda thought a Top Chef thread would become a flame fest

I love insane DU'ers sometimes :rofl: